write over
Example Sentences
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"I just wanted her to be free. If she wanted to have her friends over and write over the walls with pen, that was fine," she said.
From Fox News • Aug. 26, 2021
I don’t want to write over her birth story.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2021
Brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb find early fame in the 1960s and go on to write over 1,000 songs, including 20 No. 1 hits.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2020
Experts typically use a more thorough but time-consuming way to erase the data, using software to write over the files with gibberish.
From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2015
Of course I have had to use both sides and write over the music, but I wrote very lightly in pencil between the notes, because someone may want to play it again someday.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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